Sakapuss
Sakapuss Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Overview
Age: From 6 years.
Players: 3 to 5 players.
Contents: 45 cards: 20 "cat" cards, 18 "parasite" cards (lice, fleas and ticks), 6 "insecticide" cards and 1 "shower" card.
Goal of the game: Have the fewest parasites at the end of the game.
Setup
Depending on the number of players, use only some of the cat cards; the others are set aside out of the game. For example, with 3 players, take 3 sets of 4 identical cats.
Shuffle the selected cat cards and deal them among the players.
Shuffle the "parasite", "shower" and "insecticide" cards together and place them face down in a pile in the centre.
The objective is to be the first to hold 4 identical cats.
Playing a Round
All players simultaneously take a card from their hand and pass it, face down, to their left-hand neighbour. They look at their new cards, then repeat...
...until one of the players holds 4 identical cats in hand.
That player slaps the pile, and the others immediately do the same. The last player to slap takes a card from the pile and places it in front of them.
Warning: If the player who slapped first was wrong and does not have 4 identical cats, they take the first 2 cards from the pile.
Card Types
There are 3 types of cards:
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"Parasite" cards: these show a number of lice, fleas or ticks.
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"Insecticide" cards: when a player draws this card, they get rid of the parasites concerned (lice, or fleas, or ticks), if they have any. Otherwise, they put the card back under the pile.
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"Shower" cards: when a player draws this card, they get rid of all of their parasites.
End of a Round
Cards that have been got rid of ("shower", "insecticide" and "parasite" cards) are returned under the pile.
When the round is over, each player keeps the parasites that remain in front of them. Another player shuffles the "cat" cards and deals them out again.
End of the Game
A game is played over 10 rounds.
At the end of the game, the players count their parasites. The player with the fewest parasites wins.